Stick 3 – 501st PIR – Team C – Pathfinders of the 101st Airborne Division

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Pathfinders of the 101st Airborne Division

Stick 3 – Team C – 501st PIR
Operation Neptune – June 6, 1944

Team A: Stick 1 – 502nd PIR ; Stick 2 – 502nd PIR ; Stick 1 – 377th PFAB
Team C: Stick 1 – 506th PIR ; Stick 2 – 506th PIR ; Stick 3 – 501st PIR
Team D: Stick 1 – 501st PIR ; Stick 2 – 501st PIR ; Stick 3 – 506th PIR
Team E: Stick 3 – 502nd PIR ; Stick 2 – 377th PFAB

Image : Pathfinders de la 101st Airborne Division - Stick 3 - 501st PIR

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Taylor


Lost at sea: Pathfinders 2/506 recovered by HMS Tartar

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Kroesch


Pathfinders 1/506

Drop zone: DZ “C” (506th PIR – 501st PIR)
Drop time: 00:25 (D-Day, June 6th, 1944)

Pathfinders – Stick 3 – 501nd PIR – Team C
First Lieutenant John W. Ell – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Second Lieutenant Charles M. Faith – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Staff Sergeant Chester Garretson – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn
Technical 5th Henry J. Billings – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private First Class Lawrence R. Burgeon – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private First Class Kendell C. Lewis – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private William J. Dooley – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private Everly Spencer E. – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private Edmund L. Gregoire – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private Alvin Haux – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private Lester Hunt – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private Donald J. McDougall – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn
Private Michael Rofar – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
PrivateErnest A. Robinson – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private George L. Sarlas – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private Stanley S. Suwarsky – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn
Private Bert V. Tadean – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private Henry C. Taylor – 101st Airborne Div., 501st PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co